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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the English want from the Indians?
(a) Furs.
(b) Land.
(c) Silver.
(d) Gold.

2. what did the drunk Indian woman in the restaurant in the Homestead town look like?
(a) Skinny in very tight jeans.
(b) Medium build in jeans and a white shirt.
(c) Like a movie star Indian with long black hair.
(d) Fat in a long long Indian skirt.

3. Why was Sitting Bull great?
(a) He won many battles.
(b) He didn't rule, he led.
(c) He hated the white man.
(d) He had a large tribe under him.

4. How many rooms did Annie's house have?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

5. How did Dan describe the rolling foothills?
(a) White man's land.
(b) Indian land.
(c) A beautiful place.
(d) Mother earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do white men want from the Indians now?

2. To what did Nerburn compare what was happening on the grassy field below them in Chapter 12?

3. What is Paha Sapa?

4. Where did Eugene's dad live?

5. What was in the small leather bag inside Dan's shirt?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what was in the bundle Grover took out of his trunk that he and Dan unwrapped in Chapter 12, "Welcome to Our Land"?

2. Describe Annie's yard and other things outside her house.

3. According to Dan, why are white people in trouble?

4. How did the storm affect the three men?

5. Dan said the trouble wasn't alcohol for the Indians. What did he say the trouble was?

6. What did Dan answer when Nerburn asked him if the Pow Wow was their destination?

7. Describe what Dan means when he talks about white mens' cages?

8. Describe Grover's drive to Annie's house in the beginning of Chapter 20.

9. Describe Annie.

10. Of what did the latticework arch between the pillars at Wounded Knee remind Nerburn?

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